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Sterling High School (Baytown, Texas)
Ross S. Sterling High School is a public high school located in Baytown, Texas and classified as a 6A school by the UIL. Sterling is a part of the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District which covers southeastern Harris County. The school was built in 1966 to accommodate the growing population of Baytown. It is named after Ross S. Sterling, co-founder of Humble Oil (now part of ExxonMobil) and 31st Governor of Texas. The campus has over and is built on . In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. Sections of the city of Baytown are zoned to Sterling High School. Previously, sections of Highlands were until the Goose Creek Memorial High School was built in 2008. Demographics The 2014 School Membership Report shows that Sterling's ethnic breakdown includes: *1,237 (51%) Hispanic students *679 (28%) White students *412 (17%) African-American students *97 (4%) Asian-American, Indian, and other students Feeder patterns Elementar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public School (government Funded)
State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation. State funded schools exist in virtually every country of the world, though there are significant variations in their structure and educational programmes. State education generally encompasses primary and secondary education (4 years old to 18 years old). By country Africa South Africa In South Africa, a state school or government school refers to a school that is state-controlled. These are officially called public schools according to the South African Schools Act of 1996, but it is a term that is not used colloquially. The Act recognised two categories of schools: public and independent. Independent schools include all private schools and schools that are privately governed. Independent schools with low tui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Bernard
Robert "Rocky" Eugene Bernard, Jr. (born April 19, 1979) is a former American football defensive tackle who was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas A&M. Professional career Seattle Seahawks Bernard was drafted by the Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. Bernard was mostly used as a backup in his first three seasons in the league before becoming the starting right defensive tackle in 2005, earning 8.5 sacks with two more in the NFC Championship Game against the Carolina Panthers. Bernard amassed a total of forty-two tackles in the 2005 season. On August 30, 2008, the National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ... suspended Bernard for the Seahawks' 2008 seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a US$25,000 gift from Edsel Ford. By 1947, after the death of the two founders, the foundation owned 90% of the non-voting shares of the Ford Motor Company. (The Ford family retained the voting shares.) Between 1955 and 1974, the foundation sold its Ford Motor Company holdings and now plays no role in the automobile company. Ahead of the foundation selling its Ford Motor Company holdings, in 1949, Henry Ford II created the , a separate corporate foundation that to this day serves as the philanthropic arm of the Ford Motor Company and is not associated with the foundation. The Ford Foundation makes grants through its headquarters and ten international field offices. For many years, the foundation's financial endowment was the largest private endowment in the world; it remains among the wealthie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Walker
Darren Walker (born August 28, 1959) currently serves as 10th president of the Ford Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to human welfare. In June 2020, Walker led the Ford Foundation to issue a $1 billion designated social bond to stabilize non-profit organizations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Walker is a member of the Reimagining New York Commission and co-chair of 2020 New York City Census. In October 2021, Walker announced that the Ford Foundation will divest its investments from "fossil fuels and seek opportunities to invest in alternative and renewable energy in the future"; including investing in "funds that address the threat of climate change, and support the transition to a green economy." Before joining the Ford Foundation, Walker was vice president at the Rockefeller Foundation and COO of Harlem's Abyssinian Development Corporation. He co-founded both the US Impact Investing Alliance and the Presidents' Council on Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Railroad Commission
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC; also sometimes called the Texas Railroad Commission, TRC) is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining. Despite its name, it ceased regulating railroads in 2005, when the last of the rail functions were transferred to the Texas Department of Transportation. Established by the Texas Legislature in 1891, it is the state's oldest regulatory agency and began as part of the Efficiency Movement of the Progressive Era. From the 1930s to the 1960s it largely set world oil prices, but was displaced by OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) after 1973. In 1984, the federal government took over transportation regulation for railroads, trucking and buses, but the Railroad Commission kept its name. With an annual budget of $79 million, it now focuses entirely on oil, gas, mining, propane, and pipelines, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Smitherman
Barry Thomas Smitherman (born September 13, 1957) is an American lawyer who served as a member and chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission from 2011 to 2015. A Republican, he was appointed to the commission on July 8, 2011 by then Governor Rick Perry to fill a vacant post; on February 28, 2012 he was elected chairman of the commission, which regulates not railroads but the Texas oil and gas industry The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. The largest .... In 2013, Smitherman announced his candidacy to succeed Greg Abbott as Attorney General of Texas, state attorney general in the Republican primary election held on March 4, 2014, when Abbott polled 91.5 percent of the ballots cast to win the party's nomination for governor of Texas, governor to succeed the retiring Rick Perry, who d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Marshall
Brett Edward Marshall (born March 22, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. Career Marshall attended Sterling High School in Baytown, Texas, where he played for the school's baseball team. In 2008, Marshall was named to the All-State first team. New York Yankees Marshall was drafted by the New York Yankees in the sixth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. He signed with the Yankees, receiving a $850,000 signing bonus. Marshall made his Major League debut on May 15, 2013 against the Seattle Mariners. During his debut, he threw 108 pitches in relief giving up 5 runs (all earned) including 2 home runs in innings during a 12–2 blowout loss to the Mariners. Marshall was optioned back to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on May 16. He was brought back up to the Yankees on September 1, 2013 when rosters expanded. The Yankees designated Marshall for assignment when they signed Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Judd Apatow, who produced the film with Clayton Townsend and Shauna Robertson. It features Steve Carell as the titular 40-year-old virgin Andy, an employee at an electronics store. Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, and Seth Rogen play co-workers who resolve to help him lose his virginity, and Catherine Keener stars as Andy's love interest, Trish. Watching Carell's performance in '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' (2004) inspired Apatow to cast him in the lead role for the film, and they wrote ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' together. It was based on a sketch Carell created with The Second City where a man aged 40 hides a secret. Filming took place in Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley, California, from January to April 2005. The film was released theatrically in the United States on August 19, 2005, through Universal Pictures, and grossed over $177 million worldwide on a $26 million budget. Rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weeds (TV Series)
''Weeds'' is an American dark comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan, which aired on Showtime from August 8, 2005, to September 16, 2012. The series tells of Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), a widowed mother of two boys (Hunter Parrish and Alexander Gould) who begins selling marijuana to support her family. Other main characters include Nancy's lax brother-in-law (Justin Kirk); foolish accountant (Kevin Nealon); narcissistic neighbor (Elizabeth Perkins) living with her husband (Andy Milder) and their daughter ( Allie Grant); as well as Nancy's wholesalers (Tonye Patano) and (Romany Malco). Over the course of the series, the Botwin family becomes increasingly entangled in illegal activity. Kohan serves as showrunner and is executive producer, under her ''Tilted Productions'' label. The first three seasons are set primarily in the fictional town of Agrestic, located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. During seasons Weeds (season 4), 4 and Weed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romany Malco , which means "a citizen of Rome".
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Romany relates or may refer to: *The Romani people or Romany people, also known as Gypsies *Romani language or Romany language, the language of the Romani people *"Romany", the pseudonym of a broadcaster and writer of Romani descent, George Bramwell Evens * ''Romany'' (album), an album by The Hollies, released in 1972 *Romany Wisdom, comic book character and sister to X-Men ally Pete Wisdom *Romany Malco, an American actor *Romany, the Diva of Magic, professional magicienne *Romany, Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland) *Romany, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Ramana, Azerbaijan, near Baku *Romany is a female given name. It is the feminine form of Romanus Romanus (Latin for "Roman"), hellenized as Romanos (Ῥωμανός) was a Roman cognomen and may refer to: People * Adrianus Romanus, Flemish mathematician (1561–1615) * Aquila Romanus, Latin grammarian *Giles of Rome, Aegidius Romanus, mediev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Walker Elrod
Jennifer Walker Elrod (born Jennifer Leigh Walker; September 6, 1966) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Background Elrod was born in Port Arthur, Texas in 1966 and grew up in Baytown, Texas. She attended Baylor University and graduated '' magna cum laude'' with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1988. At Baylor, she was the Outstanding Graduating Senior of the Honors Program and was eventually named Outstanding Young Alumna. She went to Harvard Law School in 1989 and received her Juris Doctor in 1992, graduating '' cum laude''. At Harvard Law School, she was a member of the Board of Student Advisers, an active member of the Harvard Federalist Society, and a finalist in the Ames Moot Court competition. She became a member of the State Bar of Texas in 1992. Elrod began her professional career by serving a two-year clerkship for federal district judge Sim Lake of the United States District Court for the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter Cervenka
Colby Hunter Cervenka (born January 3, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins. Career Boston Red Sox Cervenka was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 27th round, 832nd overall, of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft out of Ross S. Sterling High School in Baytown, Texas. Cervenka made his professional debut with the rookie-level GCL Red Sox in 2009, recording a 2–2 record and 4.84 ERA in 11 appearances. The next year, Cervenka played for the Low-A Lowell Spinners, posting a 2–4 record and 3.59 ERA with 55 strikeouts in 62.2 innings pitched. In 2011, he split the season between Lowell and the Single-A Greenville Drive, struggling to a cumulative 2–10 record and 7.93 ERA in 22 games between the two teams. He was assigned to Greenville to begin the 2012 season. Chicago Cubs On May 15, 2012, Cervenka was traded to the Chicago Cub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
